Video: Shark swims near paddleboarders in Manhattan Beach

New video shows a young great white shark swimming dangerously close to paddleboarders in Manhattan Beach.

Local photographer Bo Bridges filmed the shark Monday morning using a drone, which flew over Manhattan Beach, KTLA reported.

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He reportedly spotted the shark about 100 feet off the coast while he and his friends were paddleboarding.

"Once you see it, your knees kind of go weak if you're on a paddleboard … the fear hits first, and the excitement kind of gets to you too, and then the curiosity as well, so you just start to follow them a little bit," Bridges told KTLA.

The sighting comes a day after two swimmers spotted an eight- to 10-foot great white shark at Leadbetter beach in Santa Barbara. The shark was reportedly chasing a sea lion.

Authorities deemed the shark sighting credible, so they ordered a full 24-hour closure of the beach, said Officer Ryan Kelly of the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol.

Kelly said it was the first credible sighting this year. Harbor officials received about a half-dozen credible shark sightings last year, he added.

A shark sighting in Manhattan Beach last year prompted authorities to close El Porto Beach. Lifeguards cleared the ocean after a shark was spotted swimming about 15 feet from a surfer.